A few items of note from the weekend, from the void-of-all-reality world of the Radical Right…
The N.C. Christian Action League’s correspondent L.A. Williams and executive director Rev. Mark Creech attempt to paint all LGBT people as violent — “He said as discouraging as the nationwide Prop. 8 protests are, they serve a function in uncovering motives,” Williams writes. “‘The violence of some protesters reveals the true nature of the homosexual agenda which has little to do with tolerance,’ the Rev. Creech said.” It’s kind of like saying since Fred Phelps like using the fag word so much, all Christians hate gays with the same ferocity. Way to blow things completely out of proportion, Creech; I gues the whole “bear no false witness” thing doesn’t apply when talking about queers, huh?
Radical theocrats in Hillsborough County, Fla., are making their next move in the big chess game to strip away minority rights: “Seeking to capitalize on statewide passage of a gay marriage ban, a leading antigay-rights activist is setting his sights on same-sex domestic partnership benefits,” writes The St. Petersburg Times. “David Caton, executive director of the Florida Family Association, says he will seek a change to the Hillsborough County Charter in 2010 to pre-emptively ban same-sex benefits for county employees.”
Yet again, the N.C. Christian Action League pops back on our radar screen. In a post by Dr. Richard Land, the League peddles misinformation on the California legal system — “Now we are witnessing the spectacle of same-sex marriage advocates going before the California Supreme Court in attempts to convince them to overturn the people’s choice to amend their state’s constitution,” Land writes. The good doctor fails to mention that this is just the way it works in the great western state of California. The Court doesn’t waste its time on motions prior to a ballot vote; why waste taxpayer time and money on something that might not even pass, and therefore, might not even be an issue worth dealing with.
A founding board member of the Family Research Council thinks its cool to propagate 19th century prejudices against Native Americans — “‘He said he would also consider banning Native Americans from adopting because research shows that they are also at much higher risk of mental illness and substance abuse. ”They would tend to hang around each other,” Rekers testified. ‘So the children would be around a lot of other Native Americans who are . . . doing the same sorts of things.”” Columbia, S.C.’s Alvin McEwan calls out the B.S.
